Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1970's

an d Marlin S tewart, whi le the 250 was a different sto ry . A fter leading th e first tw o laps wi th ho t pursuit fr om both Rick Delacy and Dave Nazzisi , St eve go t off th e ta cky gr oove in a wild m an euver th at put h im back to third. Up front , Na zzisi a n d Delacy d iced with Dela cy h olding it o ne lap and then the John Hleb o tuned Yam ah a too k the fr ont and i t was o ver for that sp ot, Th ird pl ace was n ow a three way battl e with Dan Hogu e a n d AI Mendo za chasing th e soon to be come King. It was a real th ri lle r with Carr illo m an aging to get by for th ird w ith Hogue h o ldin g off :'Iike Fari a. Th e 20 0 Novi ce :'I ain an d Hea t turned in to real b ashes. In the latter, a rider go t o ff com ing d own the fro n t straight and o pen ed up hi s lSd S ta n k . right in th e m iddl e of th e gro o ve. A lo ng came J immI e Whitton wh o did a fe w en d fo r ends and wen t off to h av e his hips an d ki d n eys c he c ke d . All OK. In th e Main , Ma rlin Folden a n d Corey Silva had what a p p ea red to b e a head o n collisi on in th e fir st tu rn . It wasn 't rea lly , bu t t he tw o h ad to have new tr iple cla mps, Th at's pretty h ard to do when you 're both go ing in the same direction . Scott Na il found hi mself in so le possession of the le ad and held it fo r the distan ce . The onl y real b attle t o be decided for the cl ass high point this last short track night was in the 12 5 Novice cl ass. Ilernd Koegler see m ed to have the line on that spot having won last week to go two points up o n Dan Rus sell a n d Ronnie Henderson . The latte r two being behind wondered if m aybe Koegler shou ld n 't be in the .Iunior class an d Sh ort Trac k Steward Len V es tal was o n hand to p res ent the new Junior with a ca rd. Ko egle r took all with good grace and pr om ptly finis hed second in th e 12 5 J uni or Mai n beh ind To ny Al ves. • Re su lts in Resu lts Se ction . NorCal Speedway By Sneaky Pete SACRA:'I ENTO , C A L. , OCT. 4 Ren o 's Alan Ch risti an has cinched the ti tle in No rt hern Cali fornia poin ts for 19 74 by fin ishi ng th ird in both main events he re tonight. No rman Dennv won his second st ra igh t Scratch ' Main ahead of Mike Roon ey, Alan Chri st ian an d Paul Orland i. With th e win, Denn y en ded t he poin t seaso n in sec o nd p lac e in both overall an d Cal Expo p o in t sta n d in gs. Aboa rd the ESO that earlier in th e season was J ohn Cunni ngham's b ack up bike. J ohn Va nce became th e 14 th ride r 10 win a D-2 Main h ere with the two-t hree spots go ing to Ron Sparling and Rob In ce. After ann ouncin g hi s retirement from speedway several weeks ago , John Cunningh am has returned to the sp o rt and in winnin g th e Scrat ch Consolation, sh owed no signs o f being ru sty from th e layoff. Cunningh am finished the p o int season in f ou rt h pl ace . Racing witl co n tin ue a t Cal Expo with two nonpoint even ts sch eduled fo r Oc t ober I I a n d 18 . The season final e will b e t h e Northern California Ch ampi onship on October 2 5 . • New NorCal hon cho Alan Christian jes' slidin ' b y on a John F isher t uned ESQ. 75 rule changes Sammy Tanner presents The Pro fessional Rules Commi tt ee of t he Ameri can Motorcv cl e Associa tion held its fall meeting in Columbus, Ohi o , on Tuesd ay and Wednesday, October 8-9, e nact ing a numb er of maj or rul e changes effecti ve in 19 75. Most no ta ble was a raise in the mi nim um age req u ire men t to h o ld an I\.\IA profess ional co m p e titi o n license fro m age 16 to age 18 for rid er s co m p e ting in d in tra ck an d road race e ve nts . Pr e sen t ly ri de rs in any classifi ca tio n may o b t ain a Novice licen se a t age 16. A ~I A G en er al . M u n a g e r Ed Youngb lo od co m men ted. "That c hange was made w it h absolu t ely n o re sea rch or st udy an d it will de fin it ely b e up fo r revie w b y th e Board of T rus te es prior to th e 19 75 season . Meanwhil e th e staff will rese ar ch th e su bje ct to d e termin e if we h ave a safety pr obl em brought on b y yo unger ri d ers . A blanket b an o n 16 an d 17 -year·olds with out a ny research or study ' ma y b e I u n fai r to a lot of y oung rid e rs. " The com m ittee also ad de d to the ro ad race rul e b o o k a p rovision th a t n o ro ad raci ng will be done in the rain o r on trac ks wet fr om rain. A co m mi tt ee made up o f members o f the S a f et y and E n g i n e e ri ng Sub · committ ee w as a ssign ed to investiga t e and study rotary en gines an d devel op a formul a for ra ting rotary en gin es relative to c u rr ent two-stroke and four-stroke m odels . Th e subj ect of fo rei gn riders co m in g to America to rac e mo to cr oss was aga in d ealt with. Pierre Karsm akers will b e c l ig ibl e to co m pe t e for Nationa l moto cro ss ch am p io ns h ip hono rs in 197 5 by virt u e o f a rul e which sta tes th at a p erson co m ing t o the Un ited States has to rid e t w o con sec u tive years u nder A;\IA li c ens e, c o m pe t in g primarily in North America during this two-year period . before h e will be eligibl e to re ceiv e National Championship points. He must also establish alien residency with the Uni t ed St ates immigration office. Oth e r motocross rules either proposed and passed a t the fall meeting or ca rri ed forward from the sp ri ng mee ti ng o f th e co m m itt ee in cluded the exe mp tio n of in te rna tio na l m e ets fro m th e mo tocross cl a im in g ru le wh ic h places a claiming price of $2 ,500 on mach in es of 0-250cc di spl acern en t , a nd a $3.000 cl ai ming p ric e on m ach in es of 25I cc or more d isp lacement, and a S3,500 clai ming fee on 0-750cc sid ec a r combinations; an exclusio n of th e top 20 r iders i n e a ch National Championship class ( 125cc , 250cc an d Open) from qualification a t a ny p rof essional motocross event : and inclusion of all National Ch ampionship ev e n t s i n t h e point total s fo r det erm in ation of th e Nat i onal Ch ampion. eliminating th e "best of rides" format th at h as been u sed o n occas ion in th e past. 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